Three U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters assigned to Task Force Saber, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade fly over open water during a counter-landing live-fire exercise as part of Exercise Balikatan 2026 over the Luzon Strait Philippines, May 4, 2026. Flight crews were postured with a full suite of precision and non-precision munitions to support the interdiction of a simulated, amphibious enemy as part of a joint multinational team. AH-64 Apache aircrews provide target acquisition, intelligence gathering, and security to air assault missions. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military that represents the strength of our alliance, improves our capable combined force, and...
Two UH-60 Black Hawk aircrews from Task Force Saber, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, deployed maritime sensing buoys into the Luzon Strait during Exercise Balikatan 2026 to provide real-time environmental data supporting amphibious and joint operations. The buoy data helped commanders assess sea conditions and coordinate movements of key military assets, while also strengthening interoperability between U.S. and Philippine forces during the...
Three EOD specialists from the 74th Ordnance Company, supported by the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, rapidly deployed by UH-60 Black Hawk to Maui to assist local authorities and safely dispose of a hand grenade found in a residential area. The mission highlighted the Army’s ongoing partnership with Maui Police Department and its Defense Support of Civil Authorities role, ensuring quick, coordinated responses to unexploded ordnance across Hawaiʻi.
The recently completed JPMRC 26-01, which took place from November 3-17, 2025, was a large-scale, 15-day training event held primarily in the Hawaiian island chain and served as the certifying exercise for the 3rd Mobile Brigade, 25th ID. The key event of the exercise focused on the critical task of moving troops across maritime environments, with the 25th CAB demonstrating this capability by successfully transporting troops 200 miles across...
